The Underhand Serve
By: Joshua Mayer
Warm-Up
Before a game you should do some stretches.(Check the pictures
for examples)
Learning to underhand serve
The underhand server is more than just hitting the ball over the net.
You need correct foot placement, and the correct hand position.
After this lesson, you should be able to hit the ball with the correct
amount of power and near perfect accuracy.
Correct foot placement
If you are a right handed person, your left leg should step forward
past your right leg.
If you are a left handed person, then your right leg steps forward.
Example of a right handed serve.
Correct hand position
To correctly serve the ball, you must know how to position the ball,
and your hand.
The player holds the ball in the hand opposite from the hitting hand,
i.e. a right-handed player would hold the ball in the left hand.
As a right handed player, the right hand should make a fist with the
thumb on top of the folded-in fingers. Left handed players should
make a fist with their left hand, but still have the thumb on top of
the folded-in fingers.
You should aim for the ball to hit between your wrist and knuckles.
Correct hand position for a right handed player.
Know where to hit the ball
When hitting the ball, you shouldn’t aim over everyone on the other
teams head.
That will just get your team behind, so try to aim for the direct area
the opposite team is in, but not directly to a player, if you can help
it.
Now try this with a partner
Grab a ball and try to serve the ball directly to your partner.
This will train your foot placement, hand position, accuracy, and
power.
After this training, if you feel you still cant serve correctly, then just
keep training from my steps and you will get the hang of it!